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I'm not entirely sure that is a fair comment, given his many FOSS contributions. I think Linux is a meeting point of many ideas, and Miguel (and Nat and many ot

I'm not entirely sure that is a fair comment, given his many FOSS contributions. I think Linux is a meeting point of many ideas, and Miguel (and Nat and many others) had their vision. Maybe they saw something like OSX. Others saw (and are seeing) something else. RMS had/has his vision. I think its perfectly fine to do your best to make your vision come to life and when that does not quite workout, do something else. Your contributions will remain, and can be used by others to build on. This is the true power of the FOSS philosophy, that it is the sum of disparate agendas, IMHO.

fartcannon 6y ago
Sure, I'm not saying his contributions were worthless. (Some people even like using Gnome for some reason! - I kid, I kid) But it is his contributions that lend him credence and so when he uses that credence to support Microsoft's soft EEE strategies, it's kind of a let down. Whether Miguel sees it like that or not, it's just how it felt to me during his reign of influence. Clearly so did RMS. For example, he supported standardizing on Microsoft's file formats. The same formats that continue to cause problems for alternatives to excel and word to this day. And his support of dotnet at a time when Microsoft was funding the SCO lawsuits, and calling Linux cancer, rattling patent sabers etc are either tone deaf or disinterested in the freedoms given to use by FOSS. Or maybe he's a saboteur. He definitely worked for Microsoft long enough. :D